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Abu Saèed al-Khudri [1] quotes the Messenger of Allah saying, "Allah, the most Exaltedand Sublime, said once to Moses son of Ìmran (Amram), Ò Moses! Had the heavens and allthose who reside therein, as well as those of the seven (layers) of earth, been placed on onescale and La ilha illa-Allah on the other, the scale containing La ilaha illa-Allah would surelyhave weighed more."The great sahabi Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari quotes the Messenger of Allah saying, "Twomost sure things are: 1) Whoever dies testifying that There is no god except Allah will enterParadise and, 2) Whoever dies associating anything with Allah will enter the fire (of hell)."Imam Ja`fer al-Sadiq quotes his great grandfather the Messenger of Allah saying, "Teach yourdying persons to say: La ilaha illa-Allah, for it will smash their sins all of them." He wasasked, "O Messenger of Allah! What about one who says so while enjoying good health?" Hesaid, "That is more smashing to them, more so, and still more! Indeed, La ilaha illa-Allah isthe best companion of anyone during his lifetime, when he dies, and when he is brought backto life again... Gabriel has said (to me): Ò Muhammed! Were you only to see them whenthey are brought back to life again! Some are raised with white faces calling out: La ilaha illa-Allah! Allahu Akbar! And the faces of others will be black, and they will be crying out: YaWaylah! Ya Thuburah! (O woe unto me! O what a calamity!)'"The Messenger of Allah has said, "Whoever says: La ilaha illa-Allah will have a tree plantedfor him in Paradise of red sapphire; it is planted in white musk, is sweeter than honey and ismore white than snow; its fragrance is better than musk, its fruit looks like virgins' breasts,and it opens up for seventy outfits."Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju`fi quotes Imam Abu Ja`fer al-Baqir who quotes the Messenger of Allahsaying, "For everything there is something else equal to it except Allah, the Exalted, theSublime, for nothing at all equals Him, and so is La ilaha illa-Allah: nothing equals it.Nothing can weigh heavier than one's tear shed out of fear of Allah. If it trickles down hisface, no exhaustion nor humiliation shall ever touch it (his face) thereafter."The Commander of the Faithful Imam Àli ibn Abu Talib has said, "Whenever a servant ofAllah says: La ilaha illa-Allah, it (the statement) ascends piercing every ceiling, wiping outhis sins as it passes by them till it reaches its equivalent in good deeds. It is only there that itwill."Abu Ja`fer, Imam Muhammed al-Baqir, has said, "Nothing is more rewardable than testifyingthat There is no god except Allah, for nothing equates Allah, the most Exalted One, nor isthere any partner with him."Abu Saèed al-Khudri quotes the Messenger of Allah saying, "I have not said anything, norhas anyone else before me, like: La ilaha illa-Allah."
Abu Abdullah Imam Ja`fer al-Sadiq has said, "The testimony of la ilaha illa-Allah is the priceof Paradise."The Messenger of Allah is quoted saying, "Repeat la ilaha illa-Allah and Allahu Akbar asoften as you can, for Allah loves nothing more than them both."Of course the more you pronounce this short but very weighty statement, the more rewardsyou will earn. Imam Ja`fer al-Sadiq has said, "Whoever repeats the testimony of la ilaha illa-Allah a hundred times is better than all other people that day except one who repeats it moreoften than him."Imam al-Sadiq has also said, "If one says La ilaha illa-Allah a hundred times prior to going tobed, Allah builds him a mansion in Paradise, and whoever seeks Allah's forgiveness ahundred times before going to bed, his sins will fall down as leaves fall down from the trees."2. HOW SUNNIS VIEW ALLAHFirst of all, the references cited in this part are all written by well known Sunni scholars ofhadith. The numbers of their books' volumes and pages reflect those of their original Arabictexts. Many of them are yet to be translated into English. The translated ones, on the otherhand, are quite often edited, and the editing includes the elimination of a good deal of theoriginal text. Like Jews and Christians, Sunnis view Allah as having created Adam in Hisown image. Reference to the Almighty creating Adam in His image exists in the Book ofGenesis of the Old Testament, and some ignorant people take it literally. On p. 1481, Vol. 4,of the English translation of Muslim's Sahih (published in New Delhi, India, in 1977 byNusrat Àli Nasri for Kitab Bhavan), Abu Hurayra quotes the Messenger of Allah saying,"Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, created Adam in His own image with His length of sixtycubits..." [2] In Bukhari, we read how Allah is described as having the same physicalappearance given to man. Read Bukhari's Sahih, particularly the chapter on seekingpermission to enter, p. 122, Vol. 2, where Surat al-Zumar is explained, p. 184, Vol. 6, "Kitabal-Tawhid" (Book of the Unity of Allah), where the verse saying, "... I created in My ownhand," p. 192, Vol. 6, where the verse saying, "[Some faces] on that Day shall be pleased," inhis explanation of the verse saying, "On the Day when a leg shall be uncovered" which existsin Surat Noon (i.e. 68:42), in his exegesis of Surat Qaf, in a chapter explaining the versesaying, "The mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good" on p. 191 of Vol. 4, in his "Kitab al-Tahajjud," in a chapter dealing with supplications and prayers at the end of the night, andelsewhere. Other references are indicated in the footnotes below.Sunnis, as indicated above, claim that Allah created Adam in His image [3] that He hasfingers [4], legs [5], and feet [6]. As for Allah having fingers, readers who are not fluent inArabic are referred to p. 1461, Vol. 4, of the English translation of Muslim's Sahih where they
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Page 5 and 6: IntroductionIn any theistic religio
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Page 9 and 10: Knowing AllahMuhammed, the Messenge
Page 11 and 12: All Praise is due to Allah, the One
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The Messenger of Allah used to say
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Allah and is affected either throug
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There are many derivations from thi
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up so that I may get you out of you
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too, perished. Then he saw a fourth
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the sun and the moon subservient (t
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A servant of Allah should never tir
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your Lord do magnify. (74:3). To Hi
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In the Holy Qura'n, we read: "Whoev
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Were we to think for one moment abo
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limit what is limitless," meaning t
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wise even if his share of all other
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The perfection of such following is
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(being left) behind them, have not
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Allah has said, "Is it not sufficie
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has said, "Labbayka Haqqan Haqqa!"
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for He is al-Wakeel, and He is your
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eached you; therefore, beware!"This
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thirsty. Tawd is a prerogative, a p
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overwhelming Power, controls all Hi
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something else has been dealt with
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Whom there can be no doubt entertai
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The root word of "al-Mutaàli" is `
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The Attribute "al-Basit" does not e
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Lord is Wise, Knowing" (Qura'n, 6:8
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servant of His more than one who is
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and to Him the truth in their regar
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whatever brings one closer to Allah
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The Messenger of Allah has desired
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penalty for it equal in size and ki
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This Attribute is derived from "mer
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His creation, and the norms of His
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perfection of the Self. All qualiti
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eminding those whom He forgives of
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"Wait, therefore; surely they (too)
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The Messenger of Allah used to say,
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taken account in a clear Book. (36:
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ing the dead to life, and He shows
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Al-Mumeet causes your heart to die
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thoroughly" (Qura'n, 27:88).The roo
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